Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 1297 Delicious Barbecue

The side courtyard where Huo Ming of Buye Tian lives also indirectly reflects her situation in the Buye Tian family.

Although the courtyard was still beautiful and elegant, fully furnished, and even covered a large area, its location was indeed... too remote.

The back wall of this courtyard is also the outer wall of the entire Buye Tian family mansion.

Just like Huo Ming of Buyetian himself, although she has her own team in the Great Wilderness and has a high status and power, she needs to stay in the Great Wilderness most of the time after all, and many family affairs have little to do with her.

Of course...this might not necessarily be a bad thing.

If Buyetian Huoxing had the opportunity to exchange situations with her sister, she would definitely be happy to do so.

After all, being marginalized also means... "freedom."

Just like this moment.

Standing at the gate of the courtyard, Lin Yu and Fu Luo had just handed the token to the maid at the door.

Even though they had not yet obtained Buyetian Huoming's permission to let the two of them in, Lin Yu and Fu Luo could still tell what Buyetian Huoming was doing through the sounds and smells coming from across the courtyard wall.

"Zi-Zi-"

"Crack!"

Along with the tempting sound, the smoky smell of burning charcoal mixed with the aroma of animal fat wafts out.

"This Miss Huo Ming... is she actually barbecuing?"

Fu Luo muttered, his voice filled with disbelief.

This kind of behavior would be considered extremely rude and disrespectful, not to mention by someone from the Buyetian family. Even if someone were an ordinary noble, such behavior would be considered extremely rude and disrespectful.

Guys like Buyetian Huo Le and Buyetian Huo Shu, who hope to gain the family's support and ascend to the position of the head of the family, would never do such a thing.

While the two were guessing, the maid opened the door again.

"You two, please come in."

Seeing the masked maid making a gesture of invitation, Fu Luo and Lin Yu also entered the courtyard.

The furnishings inside the courtyard are still elegant and highly consistent with the style of the entire Buye Tian family mansion.

Garden pavilion, rockery and water.

But in this elegant environment, there is a very discordant grill.

And it was a very primitive one: a circle of stones was piled up to form a fire, filled with hay and charcoal, and the support itself was made of thicker, simply trimmed branches.

The meat being roasted is the entire leg of some large beast.

The one in charge of baking was Huo Ming of Bu Ye Tian herself - a tall woman with fiery red hair wearing a black vest, revealing her arms and back with sleek lines, covered with scars and traces of prosthetic implants.

In one hand, she held the end of the wooden stick with the large leg meat and shook it steadily, while in the other hand, she held a long knife and kept poking the charcoal in the fire.

Hearing the approaching footsteps of Lin Yu and Fu Luo, Huo Ming of Buyetian did not stop what he was doing, but spoke with his back to them.

"Director Arthur, Mr. Forbolo, I'm sorry I can't greet you two right now—barbecuing is crucial, and we can't afford to be careless."

"I don't want to ruin such good meat, so let's just talk about this for now."

As Buye Tianhuo Ming said this, Fu Luo took a step forward, looked at Lin Yu confidently, revealed an expression of "leave it to me", and began to negotiate.

"Respected Lord Huo Ming of the Nevernight Heaven, you should already know why Arthur and I are here. We are heading to the Great Wilderness under the orders of the Patriarch, and we need you to escort us."

"You've cultivated the Great Wilderness for many years and have a deep foundation. We will definitely rely on you on this trip..."

Huo Ming from Buyetian interrupted Fu Luo: "Okay, don't worry, no matter what you want to do in the Great Wilderness, it will be fine with me here."

"If you two have nothing else to do, please leave first. We can just leave directly on the day of departure."

"Honestly, there's no need for you two to come here in person. Just handing over Mother's keepsake and letting me know about this is enough."

As Buyetian Huo Ming said this, he acted as if he was seeing someone off.

This was naturally not what Lin Yu and Fu Luo wanted to see.

Especially since Fu Luo had already made a boast in front of Lin Yu. Although he was bluntly rejected by Huo Ming of Buyetian, he immediately continued shamelessly: "Well... Actually, I have admired Your Excellency Huo Ming for a long time. I have always heard about your contributions to the Buyetian family. As the mainstay of the Wasteland Realm, I naturally hope to get to know you when I have the opportunity to cooperate with you this time."

Huo Ming of the Nightless Sky smashed a piece of charcoal with his long knife: "Oh, so you have made an acquaintance now."

"We'll have plenty of opportunities to get acquainted with each other in our subsequent operations... However, it's best not to get too close right now."

Huo Ming of Buyetian suddenly stopped beating around the bush in the second half of his sentence and went straight to the point.

This unexpected straight ball made Fu Luo a little overwhelmed, and he asked subconsciously.

"Why do you say that, Your Excellency?"

"Because everyone in Nevernight City knows that you're Huo Le's. Mother asked me to escort you, and I have no objection to doing it impartially. But... if you frequently come in and out of my residence before leaving for the Great Wilderness, it will inevitably make those with ulterior motives guess my position." Huo Ming of Nevernight glanced at Fu Luo. "As a marginal person in the Great Wilderness, I don't want to be involved in the dispute over the next family head. Whether it's Huo Shu or Huo Le's people, I want to keep my distance."

Huo Ming of the Nevernight Sky said this clearly and concisely.

Even Fu Luo found it difficult to deal with this straightforward and legitimate rejection.

While Fu Luo was organizing his words and thinking about how to respond...

Lin Yu spoke.

"Respected Lord Huo Ming of Buyetian, you are wrong—Mr. Forboluo has never been under the command of Buyetian Huo Le... No matter how the outside world misunderstands him, he is not a member of Buyetian Huo Le—if you must say who Mr. Forboluo belongs to..."

"There is no two suns in the sky. Mr. Forbolo will only follow the instructions of the master of the family!"

Lin Yu spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, and Huo Ming turned his head and looked at him with interest.

"You're... Arthur, right?"

"Your words are nice, but they're just words. No matter how you think of yourselves, who you obey, or whether the outside world's perception of you is a misunderstanding... as long as Forboluo shows up here, I'm bound to get into trouble and be suspected of siding with Huo Le."

"I don't want to take sides too early, or even be suspected of taking sides, do you understand?"

Huo Ming of Buyetian reiterated.

But Lin Yu is not Fu Luo, he was not frightened by Huo Ming of the Nevernight Sky.

Facing the words of Huo Ming from Buyetian, Lin Yu immediately asked back.

"Then I need to confirm... do you not want to take sides, or do you not want to take sides with Lord Huo Le?"